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Teófilo Cubillas

1949 - Today

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Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga (Spanish pronunciation: [teˈofilo kuˈβiʎas]; born 8 March 1949) is a Peruvian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He was selected as Peru's greatest ever player in an IFFHS poll, in which he was also included in the world's Top 50. He was renowned for his technique, shooting ability and free kick ability.Nicknamed El Nene (The Kid), he was part of the Peru national team that won the 1975 Copa América. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Teófilo Cubillas has received more than 548,895 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Teófilo Cubillas is the 200th most popular soccer player (up from 222nd in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Peru (up from 24th in 2019) and the most popular Peruvian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Teófilo Cubillas by language

Over the past year Teófilo Cubillas has had the most page views in the with 108,780 views, followed by English (56,709), and Italian (16,003). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (139.11%), Malagasy (59.93%), and Tajik (57.35%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Teófilo Cubillas ranks 200 out of 21,273. Before him are Emilio Butragueño, Antonio Conte, Enrique Ballestrero, Amancio Amaro, Hiroaki Sato, and Edgar Davids. After him are Giampiero Boniperti, Manuel Neuer, René van de Kerkhof, Samuel Eto'o, Yozo Aoki, and Ernesto Valverde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Teófilo Cubillas ranks 66. Before him are Zoia Ceaușescu, Miuccia Prada, Gene Simmons, Shelley Duvall, Hugh David Politzer, and Tom Berenger. After him are Sissy Spacek, Issei Sagawa, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Cliff Williams, Philippe Petit, and Valery Leontiev.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Teófilo Cubillas ranks 20 out of 287. Before him are Manco Inca Yupanqui (1512), Martin de Porres (1579), Huáscar (1490), Topa Inca Yupanqui (1441), Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539), and Viracocha Inca (1310). After him are Abimael Guzmán (1934), Hilda Gadea (1925), Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (1938), Túpac Huallpa (1510), César Vallejo (1892), and Alan García (1949).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Peru

Among soccer players born in Peru, Teófilo Cubillas ranks 1. After him are Claudio Pizarro (1978), Teodoro Fernández (1913), Héctor Chumpitaz (1943), Alberto Gallardo (1940), Paolo Guerrero (1984), Demetrio Neyra (1908), Luis de Souza Ferreira (1908), Hugo Sotil (1949), Jefferson Farfán (1984), Víctor Benítez (1935), and Orlando de la Torre (1943).

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